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VOLUME LI.
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROUNA, THURSDAY,. MAY 31ST, 1928
NUMBER «L
May Term of Criminal
Court Now in Session
Several True Bills Found and Cases
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Disposed of.—Grand Jury Makes
Presentment.
The May term of the Court of Gen
eral Sessions convened here Monday
morning, with Judge Hayne F. Rice,
of Aiken, presiding. True Bills found
by the Grand Jury are as follows:-
Oscar Armstrong, assault and bat-
te* 1 y with indent to kill.
Ellis Baxley, murder.
E. W. Weaver, breach of trust with
fraudulent intent.
Girl Spurns Wealth
Perry Martin, violation of the pro-
h’bition law.
Henry and Duff Hoover, housebreak
ing and larceny. :
Duff Hoover, housebreaking, and
larceny.
Murray Allen, housebreaking and
ia rueny. _ v
E. W. Weaver, breach oMrust with
fraudulent intent.
Cases Dispbs
The following cases had been dis-
pised of at the time The People-Sen-
tinel closed its forms:
Hcrbeii Cook, violation «ff the pro
hibition law, guilty of having liquor
in his possession ptarecommended to
mercy.
Murray Allen, housebreaking and
larceny (store of T. L. Martin),
pleaded guilty, sentenced to two
; cars at hard labor.
IV ry Martin', was tried in h\< ab-
sence^for violatWm of the prohibition
law a,nd fowrd guilty, a sea{ed sen
tence being imposed. —
M. B. Owens and Mellitious Harley,
charged with violation of the prohibi-
t on law; Owens acquitted, •“ Harley
f+)»nd f guilty, a sealed sentence l>ein^
imposed.
Duff Hoover and 'Henry' Hoover,
charged with housebreaking and lar
ceny (store of M. C. Lee at Kline),
we e both found guilty of housebreak
ing and petit larceny.
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Grand Jury Presentment.
The Presentment of the Grand Jury
is as follows:
To the Honorable Hayne F. Rice,
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P esiding Judge:
Jhe Grand Jury of Barnwell County
begs leave to report as follows:
1. We have passed upor all bills of
indictment that have been submitted
to us and have returned them to the'
Court. X
2. A Committee of our hod\/ has
visited the County Jail and myae an
inspection of the same. This Jail is
kept in perfect condition, and the
Jailer has the best garden in
county,
efficiency
Rev Nicholas Feringa, pastor of
the Church of the Incarnation.
New York, and his bride, th^ for-
mer Grace Waldron, society girl
Mi$s Waldron wa.s o engaged «.to
marry John G. Ardon, millionaire,
but changed her mind and married^
the minister instead.
HEAVY DAMAGE TO CROPS IN—,
UPPER SECTION OF COUNTY
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Blackville School
Delivers Diplomas
Blackville, May 26.—Commence
ment exercises of the Blackville school
were held at the sihool auditorium on
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. The
following seniors were given dipio-
mas: Misses Marjorie Pickling, Het-
tie and Etta Mathis, Meldiid Still,
Martha Still, Lucille Bodiford, Eva-
dell Jowers, Doris McKerley, Evelyn
LOSS ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN
$75,000 AND $100,000.
Williston-Elko High
Concludes Session
Willistcn, May 28.—Commencement
exercises were held in Williston last
week, culminating in final exercises at
the Williston-Elko high schobl Friday
evening when Dr. W. S. Currell, of
Columbia, deliveied the literary ad
dress to the 2J graduates of the high
_school, At this time^ certificates of
merit and various medals were deliv-
crcjd and Superintendent C. M.-Moore
presented State high school diplomas
the following 23 graduates: MissesjPotton commencement.
Gaskin, Myrtis Hightower, Hazel
Hartzog, Raymond Gaskin and Wil-
mot Martin. The “salutatory was
given by Raymond Gaskin and the
valedictory by Martha Still. The
addiess of the evening/was given by
Hon. Butler B. Hare, congressman
from the Second district. His sub
ject was “The Two Whats—What’s
the Difference and What’s the Use.”
During the evening the followinj
Hail Storfo Sunday Afternoon Visited
Williston ,Elko and Reynolds
Sections.
A hail storm, which visited /the
Williston, Elko and Reynolds sjxftions
Sunday afternoon caused damage to
crops of cotton, corn, cucufnbers and
watermelons estimated/at between
pupils were given certificates of p
motion from the seventh grade to the
ffighth: Gene Rountiee, , Pstelle
Blume, Sophie Fickling, Zelnia High
tower, Oda Mae Hartzog vMyftis Bo
land, Eleanor Still, L. Y. Baughman,
Grover Carter and Pinckney Still.
Music was furnished during the pro
gram by Miss Lil^Teale, vialin teach-
accompaniegby Mrs. G. F. Posey.
$75,000 and $100,000, according to cal
culations of observers who have visited
the stricken aiea. The heaviest dam
age was at Reynolds Station, although
both the Elkb and Williston sections
were sufferers. From all accounts,
the storm was fully as had as the
one Ufat visited this immediate sec-
tioj/just a year ago, when fields of
crops were swept practically
uf vegetation. Urfortun
fihe
Xare
Big Audience Hears
Hon. Jas. F. Bym»
State High School Diplomas Ddfwreft
to Largest Class in History of
y Local School.
An audience that crowded the V*
Theatre to its full capacity wi
the graluating exercises of the Barn
well High School Tuesday evening; adt
which time the Hon. Jam^ F. Byrnes
of Spartanburg, delive^bd a masterly
address and State high school diplomas;
weie presented by Jas. Julien. Bmfc,
F»q., chairman of the Board of Tn»-^
tees, to the largest graduating class in
the—histcry/of thc local behoof - IK
er
The girls of
of co-opeiyfiion in the drive for “-the
comiumption of cotton materials.
Their/dresses, though fashioned en-
tirej^ of cotton clcth, were especially
attractive^ This was Blackvilie’s first
the hail stoim last year also^jdshered
in a long period of rainy weather,
which greatly aided the bpfl weevil in
his destructive work. J!he farmers in
this year’s affected ^rea are v hopeful
that seasottaole wether will prevail
fiom nc'w on and that, a part of the
loss will be recovered.
It is estimated that, in addition to
the damage to the cucumber and
Dorothy Toole, Mildred Bell, Aleas^
Bi it, Jacquc^ Davis, Sadie Garber,
Katherine Green, Laurice Green/Nilla
( Kathryn, Hair, Ethel Kennedy; Mary
Ellen Parker, Ruth Scott, RiXe Louise
Webb and Eva Widener/and Cullen
Boland, Sam Dyson, Lyje Joyner, Her
bert Smith, Lyhiamp Smith, Hallie
Staley, J. T. Stalev/Fabyarr Still, Ash
ley Toole, and J./E. Webb. Thursday
evening the senior class presented its '
class showed a spirit, w T atermglon crops, the production of
cotton has been cut between 500 and
60(]/1»ales, those suffering the heaviest
lyss being as folloys: M.-C. Kitun
ings, the Wayne Eaves place, jG. E.
Crruch. P: S. Greene, H: J. CnaiUch, C.
\V. Hair, W. L. Powell, WJL Wooley,
Robert Glover, Reynoldsi^aiims, Inc.,
Dr. W. C. Smith, B. mXHair, Henry
Bolen and W. R. CarrXl.
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Perry B. Bush returned /^lon lay
from a motoi trip to'Pittsburgh, Pa.
IZ/irrocACTEt
Raymandc AUain, 16 year/old
Paris beauty, who won over/<cvcn
hundred contestants for th/ honor
vi icprcsvtning France uL/hc In-
tc-rnational v Pageant of Pulchritude
to be staged at GaJVeston, i ex.,
iune 2 to lune 5.
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Parachute' Saves Barriwellah
When Airplane Sheds Wings
‘oily anna,’
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under the di-
We commend him for
the
his
3. A Committee of our body has
visited the County Gh^ingang. We
find the <ame ip good condition. The
stock and con/icts are well cared for.
4. The attention of our body has
been called to the dangerous condi
tion of fhQ^tfnder-pass on the pubT5t
road !ytw r een Dunbarton ard Mover’s
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Mill/where the same goes under the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. \We
‘commend that our County Board of
Directors take up this matfer with the
railroad authorities and use their best
eideavorsto have this
/uede safe fer people traveling along ! Krade plriys at
th# 3 public'road.
At the last term
cllass play,
rection of ^fiss Margaret Carswell, as-
sLted by a st roughcast. ,
Wednesday evening, May 23,-the
clas^/day exercises of the grammar
high schools we»e held at the high
hool auditorium. Lybi*and Smith as
valedictorian and Mis? Ethel Kennedy
as salutatorian of the high school sen
iors did well their part as spokesmen
for their class. The exercises were
cleverly arianged in the form of a
play, “The World Outside,” with the
following seniors taking parts: Jani
tor, Hallie Staley; Father Tiny*, Sam
Dyson; Spirit of Learning and Testa
tor, Ruth Scott; tempter and poet.
E. Webb; prophet, Alease Birt; pis
tol ian, Sadie Barber. Miss Pear! Yarn
greeted the high s.hool class day ex
ercises.
Among the seventh grad^ gradua
Lily Rogol delivered th^ valedicU»ry;
-Agnes Latimer, the salutatory/ Era
Givens, class history^ Cecil Hair, class
will; Elizabeth Grubbs, prophecy. The
piincipal, John A. Walker, delivered
certificates to over 20 graduates.
Another interesting
here whs
th
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Capt. J^mes Tillinghast Moore, Stunting at Tientsin, Before international
/ Garrison, Floats Down Into ^fbat. Uninjured, When Marine
“Bus Fails. ___
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high
s hool audi-
j toriuny Fri|day, May 18. “Not Such a
of Court several : Goose” and “Who Kis-ed Barbara”
c < > m m i tteai - we.iT appointed f i om our! were piesehteaby thejgiils and boys of
body to make inspections of the dif-| grade in a splendid manner, re
ferent County Institutions. Two 0 f/fleeting much credit upon their acting
these Committees composed of three and upon the coaching of their teacher
member. 1 each served one day in ad-^ principal, John A. Walker.
ciition to the dgys in regular attend-1
ance upon this Court. We feel that!
the membeis of these Committees :,
shcuId be paid for one extra day and
mileage.
How a -native of Ba-mwei 1 > nying in
an air ciicus at Tienlsin foi-the diver
sion ,of the international garrison,
saved himself by # a parachute jump
when both right wing/ of his bi-plane
tore away, is related m a copy of the
North China Stai/of Apiil 23rd, which
was leceived recently by the intrepid
pilot’s motheX*Mis. W. W. Moore, of
lumbia.
Capt. Janies Tillinghast Moore, son
of the Late adjutant general of South
Cari/fra, after being graduated from
The Citadel. Charleston, served on the
^fexican border as a lieutenant in the
machine gun company of the Second
Infantry, N. G. S. C., and later ob
tained a commission rn the marine
corps. He had n( t been long a marine
officer before he began specializing in
aviation. »
Capt. Moore has spent much time in
Haiti and at present is with the brig-
cident of com- a< * e °f marines assembled last year in
the seventh i. China under command of Brig. Gen.
Smedley Butler. // / ~ ;
Following is in part the stoiy of his
o.i the race track at the opposite side
of the course at the stands. —
The descect of Captain Moore was
watched wdth bated breath. The wind
carrieji him past the stands and he fell
exploit at Tientsin as related in the
North China Star, which will be read
with interest by/his many friends In
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Bainwell County:
Phn
airplan
Mrs. W. L. Merritt Passes.
Friends of Mrs. W. L. Merritt, o
Williston, will learn with regiet
We thank, the Presiding Judge, the her death which - occurred Monday
Solicitor and the other Court officials night at the home of her daughter,
for the courtesies extended our bod> T
during deliberation, all of which is
respectfully submitted.
WyJ. Lemon, Foreman.
CATFISH STEW AND CHICKEN
""""SUPPER AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Group
ist Chn
p No. 3, of the Barnwell Bapj
tist Church, of which M<! s. E. D. Pea-
copk is leader, will serve a catfish
stew and chicken supper at the church
on Friday evening, June 8th, begin
ning at seven-thirty o’clock. The pro
ceeds from the supper will be for the
benefit of the church organ fund. The
public is cO'.diaUy invited anff urged to
attend ,
Mrs. Lillis Baggott, in. Wagener.
Funeral services were held at Wag
ener Tuesday afternoon by the Rev.
W. R. Davis, pastor of the Williston
Baptist Church, interment following
in the Williston cemetery, Dr. W. M.
Jones, of Barnwell, assisting in the
services at the,grave.
Mrs. Merritt, wo was 86 years of
age, is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Baggott, of Wagener, and Mrs.
Ollie Keel/ of St. Matthews, and
four son/ F. T. and D. L. Merritt, of
Williston, L. Merritt, of Augusta,
and JL A. Merritt, of St. Matthews.
me Loses Wings.
A& airplane collapsed and fell dur-
mg arvexJiibitkm of start flying, and
Captain Moore, the aviator, escaped
by jumping wdth his parachute, at the
review % given by the United States
marines at the race course yesterday
afternoon., before lepresentatives of
the American, British, French and
Chinese forces in Tientsin and a large
ir.unjber of civilians and service men.
' The right wdngs of the plane fell
off /during the course of a seiies of
somersaults. The machine had pre
viously given a nose dive and rose at
terrific speed, and the air resistance
was apparently too strong, thus whip
ping off the wings. The plane rose in
to the air for a few seconds and then
dropp>cd straight to the earth. The
accident happened at less than 800
feet from the ground.
\ Crowd Is Thrilled.
• ^ * The escape of Captain Moore thrill-
r. and M.;S. J. M. Weathersbee, of ed the assembled crowd. When the
/me Rosemary section, were visitors Tfrachine started on its dive, he sprang
here Monday the former being a off amidst the cheers of the specta-
ADVERT1SE m The Pfcople-Sentinel. member of the Grand Jury.
^ tors. The airplane struck the earth
into the water. Many peisons ran
forward as he fell, and willing hands-' other candidate for this office,
assisted him out of the moat. He w’as
smiling and none the worse for his
experience.
Captain Moore w’as helped into a
marine automobile and when he reach
ed the stands the crowd gave him a
lousing welcome. Many surrounded
him and congiatulated him on his nar
row escape. After taking some light
refreshments, he departed for a
change of clothing.
All sorts of questions were fired at
Captain Moore by those who crowded
about him. Many shook his hand,
while cameras clicked. The aviator’s
first words were, “I’m all light.” Ac
cording to him, the wings fell off be
cause the plane was going at too great
a speed when it turned on its side.
“Scared to DeathT*
“I was almost scared to death!” he
laughingly said, when questioned tis to
how he felt when the machine began
Many Ann6uncements
Made by Candidates
With/the entry of eight new as
p:in/s in*o the iirena this vtck, the
pojLtbal pot in Barnwell County be-
ins to boil. ^ So far, no opposition hag
developed to the incumbents of the
major offices, chief interest centering
about the several Magistrate races in
the county.
R. L. Bronson annourees hT« candi-
dacy to succeed himself, as does also
Sheriff Boncil H. Dyches. To intro
duce these gentlemen to the voters of
Barnwell County is as unnecessary as
introducing “Jim” Byrnes to a Barn
well audience.
In the Magistrate Marathon, the
incumbent, G. L. Hill, of Red Oak, is
being opposed by J. ,M. Hill, who is
I cing presented by a number of Voters
of that towmship. Wr S. Grubbs, of
Blackville, is opposing C. S. Buist
incumbent, while W. L. Harley and
I>. A* Dyches have entered the race
for Magistrate at Hilda, bringing the
total number of aspirants to four
.Paul H. Sanders and W. Hayne
Dyches having previously announced
J. M . Diamond is (ffeting for reflec
tion rs Magistrate nt Barnwell anc
so far is without opposition, although
rumor has it that there will be an-
Apparently Col. Edgar A. Brown
will make the race unopposed for the
State Senate, as will also Col. J. E
Hatley i>nc the Rev. D. W. Heckle for
the House of Representatives, nor is
it finely that Coroner D. P. Lancester
will have any opposition.
All in £.11, present indications point
to an ixivcmeiy cuiet Summon, politi
cally, in Bainwell County.
NOTE:—Since the above was put
into type, O. W. Harley has announcec
his candidacy for reelection to the
office of Magistrate at Dunbarton.
Study Institute at Bamberg.
Or. Friday, May 25th, beginning at
10.30 A. M., the W. M. U. of the Bam
well Association held an institute for
its members in the new and beautifu
Baptist Church at Bamberg. *
Mrs. J. B. Boatwright, of Mullins,
State Mission Study Chairman; Miss
to fall. His action was qukk, for not; Vcnnie Lance, of Columbia, State Cor
more than a few’ seconds elapsed from responding Secretary, and Mrs. W.
the time the wings broke unt-il he
jumped off. Captain.Moore did nrt
seem to be much excited. When one
lady exclaimed, “You are our hero.”
he burst out lauging and ran away.
Among the feats the aviator was
doing before his plane crashed was the
turning of several somesaults in rapid
succession, diving down at great speed
Hatcher, of Johnston, State Sunbeam
Leader, were present and each pre
sented her phase of the work in an In
tel esting and instructive way. Miss
Lance abo spoke briefly on the W. M*
U.. program at the recent S. B. Con
ic **tion in Chattanooga.
Mrs. G. N. Smith presided over the
meeting in her usual efficient and
girls and/14 boys.
After the invocation by the Rev.
L .Banks and a selection, by a cftornft
dXhigh school girls, Mr. Byrnes wok,
ntioducted by Solomon Blatt,
who felt that the introduction of the
distinguished visitor to a BarnwefY
Hudieroe was like carrying coals
Newcastle. The former Congressman
from this—District .s-poke—informally
snd throughout his address he stm
ed the advantages |o be gained by m
college education, illustrating: hm
points with timely illustrations that:
have come under his own observatkm.
At the conclusion of his remarks,
Bush presented the diplomas.
A number not on the program was
rthe awaiding of the prize offered by
the local U. D. C .Chapter to the boy
or girl making the highest scholar
ship in American history. The win
ner this year was Miss Patricia Dicks,
daughter of Mr. ari^Mrs. R. S. Didw
and a member of the seventh gradk*.
An interesting incident in cornecfionr
with the award was the fact that Mias:
Dicks and Ben Davies, Jr., a member
of the Senior Class, tied for the honor,
but as the latter had won the prise
while in the grammar school he was
ineligible to compete agairr.
Mr. Bush paid a fine tribute to the
splcmticUwork performed during the
part session by Supt. W. W. Carter
a-d his efficient corps cf teactrers, as
did also Hon. Horace J. Crouch ,coanty
superintendent of education, who, in ar
letter of commendation offered »:
medal for all-round excellence inr tht?
tment.—Mr. Carter
and ri&'ftg—up almost perpendicularly,-charming manner. Mrs. B. D. Carter
dropping off on one *ide, and other
hair laising stunts. W’hen the wfings
fell off, the spectators at first thought
that it was a new stunt, to fly with one
set wings.
The machine was a ma?s of wreck
age. The engine was ynderneath,
with canvas, steel and wood on. top.
Souvenirs and photographs were taken
by the crowd that swdrmed around.
The two remaining wings were ciump :
led up. There were wires all over, and
the propeller was unrecognizable. It
is said that the plane is practically
.
worthless.
delighted the audience with a number
Many an uneducated man has taken
his thii d degree.
and Miss Vista Brabham gave a vocal
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polo.
The church was tastefully decorated
throughout with, roses artd other
spring flowers. At the lunch hour a
veritable feast things to eat
was served by the Bamberg ladies in
the dining room in the basement of
the building.
There were 21 churches and seven as
sociations represented..^ This was the
first meeting of this kind to be held in
this Association, but it proved so suc
cessful that it is hoped, that many
more such will be held in the future.
Mrs. John B. McMiHan.
responded in a happy vein and stateel
that whatever measure of success tbe
school has achieved under his direr-'
tion hag been due wholly to four out
side influences—the unselfish woik amf
cooperation of the Board of Trustees.,
the excellent work of his assistants^.'
the cooperation cf the parents an# 7
the spferdid personnel of the stodesrit
body. He also complimented the wort:
of the school improvement associationr
which was organized last Fall. Thf*-
patrons of the school know, however^
that much of the 'school’s success m
due to Mr. Carter’s capable coordina
tion of the c e several influences.
A piano selection by Miss Gladya’
Lee, of Kline, added much to the enjoy
ment of the occasion and the exercises
were brought to a close by the bene
diction, pronounced by Dr.- W. ML
Jones.
The commencement exercises began
Friday evening with a recital by the
members of the Beethoven Club, under
the direction of Mrs. Ira Fales. The
baccalaureate services were held Sun
day evening fn the Barnwell Methodiat
Church, at which time the Rev. J. R*
Caston, of Bamberg, preached a most
interesting and timely sertnon, b
subject being “Success, or How to
Succeed.” If the members of the*
graduating class heed the advice given
by Messrs. Caston and Byrnes there
will be no question as to their succe*-?
in later years.
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Help a Good Cause.
Clara Bow is the flapper’s idol of
America. She has ‘‘It” and plenty of
it. She is American girlhood m rtst
sweetest, snappiest, happiest phases-.
But—she has also the greatest dramat-
of selections on .the new pipe orgfff^ic talent of any young actie?s on thr
screen tody. See her in the most grip
ping, thrilling, heart-clutching role of*
her career as “Lolly” in Gene Strattoir
Porter’s “The Keeper of the Bees,’* to*
be shown at the Vamp Theatre, Barn
well, on June 6th and 7th, beginning
at 8:15. Prices, adults 40 cents, chil
dren 20 cents.. Proceeds from safe of
tickets will be used for piano for adult
depaAment of the Baptist Chyivli:
Come out and see a good picture araf*
help a good cause at the same time;.
Mrs. J. G. Howell and two ch
of Lamar, are the guests of
relatives this week.